Achyranthes atollensis

Amaranthaceae

Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands; formerly Northwest Hawaiian Islands: Kure Atoll (Kānemilohaʻi), Midway Atoll (Pihemanu), Pearl & Hermes Atoll (Holoikauaua), and Laysan (Kauō).

Extinct

 

The Hawaiian Islands have two additional extant endemic species, both listed as federally endangered:

Blunt chaff flower

(Achyranthes mutica)

www.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/5698022906/

www.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/4742575407/

 

Maui chaff flower or ʻAhinahina

(Achyranthes splendens var. splendens)

www.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/5209983210/

www.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/5209382787/

 

Round-leaved chaff flower or ʻAhinahina

(Achyranthes splendens var. rotundata)

www.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/5209381665/

www.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/5209985226/

 

 

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